Combined hood and jacket for submarine use.



J. KELLY.

COMBINED HOOD AND JACKET FOR SUBMARINE USE.

APPLICATION men DEC. 22, 1915.

l ,1 99,277. Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS JAMES KELLY, or PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED HOOD AND JACKET FOR SUBMARINE USE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

Application filed December 22, 1915. Serial No. 68,154.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES KELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Hoods and Jackets for Submarine Use, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined hood and jacket for submarine use and has for its object to provide a garment of such type, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, with means for completely inclosing the body and head of a person when submerged and further having means at the waist and arms thereof for tightly gripping the arms and waist of the wearer of the jacket to prevent water entering between the wearer and the garment.

A further object of the invention is to provide a combined hood and jacket for submarine use having a normal open air vent and further having means associated with the vent and operated by the pressure of the water when the wearer is submerged for the purpose of automatically closing the vent to prevent water entering the jacket.

I Further objects of the invention are to provide a combined hood and jacket for the purpose set forth which is simple in its construction and arrangement, strong, du-' rable,eflicient in its use, conveniently placed upon the wearer, and inexpensive.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists of the novel con struction, combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter more specifically -described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings. wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views :Figure 1 is a front elevation of a combined hood and jacket in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan illustrating the arrangement of the binding element for the waist and sleeves.

Referring to the drawings in detail the garment includes a hood portion and a body portion the former terminating in the top of the latter and the said hood and body portion of the garment are formed of any suitable material which will be impervious to water.

The body portion is indicated at 1 and is formed with a pair of contracted short sleeves 2, 3, which are capable of being expanded, and arranged Within each of said sleeves is a retaining member to be presently referred to. The waist 4: of the body portion 1 has depending therefrom a contracted member 5 which is capable of being expanded. The retaining members arranged within the sleeves and expansible member 5 are of the same construction, but one will be described, as the description of one will apply to the other.

Each of the retaining members consists of a resilient band 6 surrounded by an annular coil spring 7 and the latter has the coils closely arranged. Surrounded by the spring 7 are series of concentric elastic members 8, 9 and 10 which abut against each other and are positioned one within the other. The inner member 10 has secured thereto and arranged therein a flexible band 11.

The function of the retaining member within the sleeves 2, 3, is to tightly grip the arms of the wearer of the garment so as to prevent the passage of water into thejacket and the function of the retaining member within the e-Xpansible member 5 is to snugly fit the waist of the wearer to prevent pas sage of water into the jacket.

The expansible member 5 as well as the sleeves 2, 3, are constructed of material similar to that which the garment is formed but of a size to contract by the action of the retaining element when the garment is not used. 7

The hood which is indicated by the reference character 12 has an oval-shaped frame 13 fixedly secured therewith and which registers with a sight'opening formed in said hood 1-2. The frame 13 carries a transparent panel 14: for the purpose of closing the sight opening. Mounted upon the top of the hood 12 and communicating, by means of a pipe 15 with the chamber formed by the frame 13 and transparent panel 14 is a valvular air inlet device- 16. The pipe 15 is provided with a cut-off 17.

,What I claim is A garment for the purpose set forth comprising a jacket having a pair ofcontractible sleeves capable of being 1 sight opening, a series of concentrically arranged elastic members arranged in the outer ends of each of said sleeves, an annular coiled spring surrounding the outer of said elastic members, a series of concentri- 10 cally arranged elastic members arranged in Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each by addressing the Commissioner of Patents;

said contracted members; and an annular coiled spring surrounding the outer member of the last mentioned series of elastic meme bers. V

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature 15 in thepresence of a-Witness.

JAMES KELLY.

\Vitness LUELLA H. SIMON.

Washington, D. C. 

